When does the Alabama Legislature meet in 2016? Alabama lawmakers went into session Tuesday, Feb. 2. They must meet no more than 30 legislative days (days when the Legislature is in formal session. This does not include days when there are…
Ricky Bromberg still recalls the day he got his first “paycheck,” if you could call it that, he said. It was June 30, 1966. “I was six years old at that time,” he remembers. “I got a 50-cent piece for being the elevator operator at…
MONTGOMERY – From Friday, Feb. 26, to Sunday, Feb. 28, Alabama observes its fifth annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. The Alabama Retail Association encourages Alabamians to restock emergency supplies in homes, workplaces and vehicles during this three-day tax holiday. Certain…
Retailers are people. They are your neighbor, your Facebook friend. They are who you ask advice about what to wear, what ingredients to use for your evening meal, what over-the-counter medicine is best when you have a cough, what color and kind of paint to use in…
Tucked inside a beautiful, vine-covered entrance along Cullman’s busy Fourth Street is one of the growing city’s most distinctive retailers. Werner’s Trading Co., a second-generation family owned store, is in its sixth decade of business. Rob Werner’s father, Robert, opened the business in 1952 as…
“I literally get calls weekly from folks wanting to quote us credit-card processing rates,” said George Wilder, owner/president of The Locker Room, a 14-employee, men’s clothing store in Montgomery and Auburn. The Locker Room uses Huntsville-based processor CHECKredi®, the Alabama Retail Association partner that offers group negotiated rates typically reserved…
Alabama retailers want customers with disabilities to be able to move freely within and outside their business. What they don’t want is to be harassed by a lawyer trying to extort huge legal fees from them based on minor or nonexistent…
Retail is the backbone of Alabama communities. In fact, 1 in 4 people in our state work in retail – it’s the largest private-sector employer. Our more than 4,100 members sell food, clothing, furniture, medicine and other general merchandise. As part of our “Alabama…
As 2015 comes to a close and we look ahead to 2016, you should be aware of several state and federal policy changes that could have a bearing on your business: SALES TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATION Beginning Jan. 1, the only valid…
On Christmas Day, the entire state of Alabama was placed under a state of emergency related to excessive rainfall and flooding. Alabama experienced record rainfall and record temperatures. Rivers in Alabama that exceeded the flood stage include the Pea, Alabama,…